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Google Parent Firm Alphabet to Lay Off 12,000 Jobs

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Google parent company Alphabet announced layoffs on Friday of roughly 12,000 workers, totalling 6 percent of its global workforce. Workers in the United States will be the first affected. The news comes just days after Microsoft and Amazon announced cutbacks of roughly 10,000 employees. Today is certainly one of them.”

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EU Accuses Google of Violating Antitrust Regulations

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The European Commission has hit Google with fresh accusations of violating its antitrust laws, citing favouritism for the latter’s own advert services over rival firms. According to the Commission’s statement , Google abused its position over the last nine years by offering better treatment to its AdX exchange.

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Meta Now Lets You Manually Update Your Quest System Software Via PC Or Android

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WebUSB works on Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, and even Android via Chromium browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Samsung Internet. That's not to say you need a US account, to be clear, you just need to set the site region to 'United States'.

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How to Watch the 2018 Winter Olympics in VR

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Remarkably, neither Oculus Rift nor HTC Vive are on the list below, as only Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard, Google Daydream, and Windows ‘MR’ VR headsets have access. Google Daydream – Google Play. Windows ‘Mixed Reality’ VR Headsets – Microsoft Store. image courtesy NBC.

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Big XR News from Google, ChatGPT, Vodafone, and Seoul Metropolitan Government

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Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off 12,000 Jobs Late last week, Alphabet, Google’s parent firm, laid off roughly 12,000 individuals. The move accounts for around 6 percent of Google’s global workforce. Pichai also noted that workers in the United States would be the first affected.

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Biden Assembles the Final Member of His Big Tech Nightmare Squad

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President Joe Biden has selected attorney and frequent critic of Google parent company Alphabet to lead the United States Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, the White House announced Tuesday.

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Google’s Project Iris Receives New Smart Glass Feature, Reports Say

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Rumours of renewed work on Google’s Project Iris augmented reality (AR) smart glasses have surfaced on the internet, according to reports. Originally, Google acquired technologies from North, an AR smart glasses enterprise, and debuted the project at its I/O event.